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	"BENEATH the lilies ......" from Under The Window words by Kate Greenaway published by London : GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS 1878 23.5 x 18.4cm Click the image at left to enlarge it and play the reading. The Macromedia Shockwave plug-in is required to view this site. The plug-in may be downloaded here.

Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) Kate Greenaway, who was not only talented but hard-working, was always a top achiever at art school. One day she visited Evans, a friend of her father's, with her portfolio of illustrated poems. While caught by surprise by her portrayals of children awkwardly clad in old-style garb set against blank white backdrops, he nevertheless immediately purchased her portfolio, which became an instant best-seller when it was published in 1879 as Under the Window. A genuinely contemporary artist devoted to creative originality, she could not be confined merely to the role of illustrator. The exhibit displays all pages of not only"Under the Window" but thefollowing two works:

from The Pied Piper of Hamelin		Little maid (from Mother Goose)

Randolph Caldecott

Walter Crane